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Johnny and the Dead (Hardcover)

by Terry Pratchett (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday; First Edition edition (27 May 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0385403011
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385403016
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 709,009 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the next in the popular series featuring Johnny Maxwell. Johnny can see the dead, and the dead are beginning to see just how much fun it is to be alive, in another terrific tale from the master of comic fantasy Terry Pratchett.

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Sell the cemetery?

Over their dead bodies...

Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learnt a thing or two from Johnny. They're not going to take it lying down...especially since it's Halloween tomorrow.

Besides, they're beginning to find that life is a lot more fun than it was when they were...well...alive. Particularly if they break a few rules...

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4.0 out of 5 stars Living it up with the dead, 10 April 2007
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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Johnny and his band of quirky pals are back in "Johnny and the Dead," the second book of Terry Pratchett's "Johnny Maxwell" trilogy. Pratchett was surer this time around, endowing this hilarious sequel with quirkier dialogue and stories, and snappier writing.

Johnny Maxwell sees dead people. (Yes, like the little boy in "Sixth Sense.") For whatever reason, he sees the dead in their graveyard -- not really ghosts, but not alive either: a crabby former soldier, a distant relative of Einstein, a sprightly suffragette who died in a freak mishap, and a staunch Communist who STILL doesn't believe in life after death. All in all, they are a fairly harmless bunch.

But a massive, mercenary, progress-obsessed corporation has just bought the graveyard for fivepence, and it will soon be razed for new construction. The only people more dismayed than the living inhabitants of Blackbury are the dead ones. So as the dead break their bonds to "unlive," Johnny and his friends will try to save the graveyard from... a fate worse than death?

Yes, it's the sort of bizarre, slightly twisted plot that only Terry Pratchett could cook up, and then pull off. And yes, the same could be said of "Only You Can Save Mankind." But by the time he wrote this -- pre-Discworld -- Pratchett had obviously grown into his skills.

In particular, the Big Message in this book is more subtle -- that money and progress aren't worth anything if they destroy the past. Despite that heavy moral, the handling of it is light and entertatining, such as when the dead Communist calls up a radio talk show host and speaks frankly about being "vertically challenged."

Despite half a dozen amusing dead people, the star of the piece is Johnny himself -- smart, quiet unless he has a reason to speak out, and inexplicably able to see the dead. He also plays straight man to the quirkier pals, like peculiar Wobbler, intellectual Yo-less, and perpetually hungry Bigmac. Although you'll need to have read "Mankind" to know who they are.

"Johnny and the Dead" is not just a sequel that surpasses the first book of this trilogy, but probably the best pre-Discworld work that Pratchett did. Funny, twisted and very well-done.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A bloody good book, 30 April 2001
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This book is very gripping and it keeps you reading on by explaining the characters even more during nearly the whole book, also theirs adventurers every page! Plus theirs sometimes 2 at once. It's a very well whiten book, which is good at keeping you reading.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Quality Pratchett for the younger reader, 20 Dec 2000
By alan@gussmith.madasafish.com (Dorking, Surrey, England) - See all my reviews
This is a supurb introduction for anybody who is new to Terry, although reading Only You Can Save Mankind first would be advisable. It contains all that makes a good pratchett book including some dead funny (Pun intended) jokes to boot. Ever if you are older and a fan of his discworld series i would still recomend that you read this book as it is not one to be missed and neither are the other 2 in his "Johnny" series . This has been televised and it is easy to see why. a supurb and original plot line about a boy and his dead friend, this is one of the best childrens book that i have ever read and i recomend you to read it too!
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